Inner Journeys Essay Using Empire of the Sun as the main Text

"All Journeys are opportunities for discovery. Some Journeys are opportunities to discover the inner self." How have the texts you have studied presented the opportunities of the journey? 'All journeys are opportunities for discovery. Some journeys are opportunities to discover the inner self.' This can be clearly seen in the texts, Empire of the Sun, The call of the Wild, The road not taken, The Ivory Trail cover, Dead poets society, Changi and the …

…his father over time, and how the man learnt from his father. It also reveals the different emotional stages he goes through. Jim moves through a number of stages in his relationship with Basie, where he was reliant on Basie, then learning from him, then independent from him and perhaps in some way just as capable a survivor as Basie, if not more so. Also in how he is aware that Basie has not changed.